This cable series about a modern Robin Hood team of colorful thieves who combine old-fashioned confidence schemes and high-tech tools to take on rich crooks in acts of poetic justice comes to a close with this fifth and final season. The original team is still intact and more comfortable than ever in their roles—Timothy Hutton as former insurance investigator and team ringmaster Nathan Ford; Gina Bellman as con artist Sophie Devereaux; Christian Kane as the muscle, Eliot Spencer; Aldis Hodge as computer expert Alec Hardison; and Beth Riesgraf as cat burglar Parker. A move to Portland, OR (where the show is actually shot) brings new authenticity to the series. One episode features the famed “Spruce Goose” aircraft at the Evergreen Aviation Museum, while a later chapter revives the D.B. Cooper legend, with the regular cast members taking on additional parts in a substantial flashback. Guest stars include Cary Elwes, Treat Williams, Fred Ward, Matthew Lillard, and Adam Baldwin, along with Mark Sheppard as returning nemesis Jim Sterling. Offering escapism over drama while also delivering action-movie flair, snappy writing, likable (if eccentric) characters, and plenty of cheeky humor, this is hardly essential TV but it is often fun. Compiling all 15 episodes from 2012, extras include audio commentaries, deleted scenes, and a gag reel. A strong optional purchase. (S. Axmaker)
Leverage: The Final Season
Fox, 4 discs, 635 min., not rated, DVD: $39.98 Volume 29, Issue 1
Leverage: The Final Season
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